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Whistleblower: VA Covered Up 7 Deaths

by Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

(NEWSER) – The woman who actually managed the Phoenix VA hospital's secret waiting list has come forward alleging that the facility has covered up the deaths of veterans who died awaiting care. In an interview with CNN, Pauline DeWenter says that in at least seven cases, someone else at the hospital had physically written over files detailing veterans' deaths, altering them to show that the veteran was instead alive. Some of these alterations were even made in recent weeks.